Photos by Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief MUSKEGON — Earlier this month, the USS Silversides Submarine Museum announced that its board and staff have made the decision to de-accession the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter McLane, due to the boat’s state of disrepair. Commissioned in 1927, the McLane served with distinction through multiple eras of Coast Guard history. During World War II, the…
By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief MANISTEE — The MV Great Republic delivered coal to Morton Salt along Manistee Lake Friday, Sept. 26. The ship arrived about 5 a.m. and unloaded until past 6 p.m. The Great Republic is operated by Great Lakes Fleet, Inc. of Duluth, Minn. and is managed by Key Lakes, Inc. It was built by Bay Shipbuilding Co.…
Great Lakes History Log is presented by Filer Credit Union with offices in Manistee, Ludington, East Lake, and Bear Lake and the Mason County Historical Society, which operates the Port of Ludington Maritime Museum, Historic White Pine Village and the Rose Hawley Archives in downtown Ludington. Part 1: S.S. Andaste By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief The last four months of 1929…
This Great Lakes Boat Blog is presented by Hankwitz Heating & Cooling, 609 S. Washington Ave., Ludington; 231-843-2809. By Mark Varenhorst, MCP Contributor LUDINGTON — September 2 found me on the Rieth-Riley Construction Ludington dock once again meeting the tug Undaunted and barge Pere Marquette 41 as they had arrived in Ludington with a cargo of aggregate for Rieth-Riley. They…
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